Jen Hatmaker
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Anonymous
| I get the sense that Jen has periodic spells of being deeply insecure about things and feels the need to brag about her life to her audience to fill a deep spiritual gap. |
Anonymous
OMG I completely needed that on my Friday afternoon. ALL SHE DOES IS WIN, GUYS. 
Did she seem extremely stuffed up to you? Between the sunglasses and the red nose, she looked post sobfest to me. I would have guessed that Tyler dumped her but then she made sure to point out he was meeting her in Knoxville this weekend. |
Anonymous
| Ok, I do not really watch many stories in general, and Jen's not at all, but all of this, from pizza night to the plant tour and then a very long crotch shot that was supposedly about scissors, seemed very, very off to me. I hope Jen is okay - I got serious "something is wrong" vibes, like either a specific bad thing just happened, or maybe some kind of mental health struggle? I felt weird watching it, because it just did not seem like she is doing well. |
Anonymous
I canāt stomach ANY of her social media anymore, so Iām curious if those who regularly keep up with her feel this way? Or if sheās always like this. |
Anonymous
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Been a follower for close to ten years.
Back then she was a funny, folksy, relatable mommy blogger and Bible teacher. Then, with a lot more fame, she and her ex became quickly more secular and a lot more about building a lifestyle brand. Like she wanted to be Joanna Gaines. She became more Influencer-y. Now sheās all about constant product shilling and bragging about a supposed amazing life. But all I see is sadness abs desperation. |
Anonymous
| Sometimes I wonder if youāre Caleb or Remy, how do you feel about JHās overly effusive posts about your siblings, and then your own birthday post takes a detour to discuss Sydney and your momās new weird faux boyfriend. š |
Anonymous
| Ok, so is the boyfriend real? Who thinks yes? Who thinks no?this whole thread is so entertaining to me!!! Or is it a money making gig where she gets a percentage of his profits for selling him to the world? |
Anonymous
I think the boyfriend is a contractual deal. There is no chemistry and I suspect he is gay. |
Anonymous
Whoās contract?! And what level of benefits would either of them get from it? They arenāt super famous international stars trying to raise their global influence. Theyāre barely even D-list celebrities (if that?!) Contractual relationships just arenāt a thing at their level. I think Jen is trying to prove to everyone how COMPLETELY over Brandon she is. Like, could new guy be any more opposite?! Sheās not even attracted to white redneck men anymore, and this is āproofā of how much sheās grown and moved one. I also think Jen loves the idea of shocking people - because even though itās totally normal to most of us - under her little rock itās shocking and edgy to be in an interracial relationship. This relationship is definitely fake. Iām just not sure sheās as aware of that as the rest of us are. |
Anonymous
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Soā¦a 46 year old man whoās never married, has no kids, loves Broadway, and wears self-designed shirts with BIG bold slogans??
Run girl!!!! Run!!! |
Anonymous
Omg. for real. |
Anonymous
Ffffaaaaaaaaakkkkkke. Their publicist set them up! He gets thousands more followers on social media and a huge jump in book sales. (You know everyone in Jenās ātribeā ran out to buy his book.) And he gets to hold off the gay rumors by FINALLY having a serious girlfriend. (But letās be honest - heās obviously gay, right?) She gets way more social media attention (all of her āloveā posts get hundreds if not thousands more likes and comments than her boring podcasts). And she gets some social justice cred. āSee guys! I totally understand the black experience now! I have a BOYFRIEND!ā. She also had to do something in response to Brandonās new girlfriend. I refer to their constant posts responding āatā each other as their āpissing contestā. And heās usually winning it. I donāt think that relationship is fake At. All. Brandonās actually getting attention from a female. And sheās hot. Jen had to do something! |
Anonymous
| I donāt think itās fake, as in they āagreedā to do this for publicity or something, but I do think itās just verrry convenient for both of them. I think Brandonās posts with his girlfriend kills Jen so she needed a man to show off too, and I think she wants to be relatable to everyone, so it was very convenient for her to find this boyfriend that lives far away and that she doesnāt have to be around all the time, but that she can post and gush about all over the Internet for everyone, especially Brandon, to see. For Tyler, he gets a lot more exposure than he's ever had. And for both of them, itās a long distance. Absolutely no way this would be a relationship if they lived in the same town. |
Anonymous
| I don't think Tyler is gay, unless he just hasn't yet figured it out for himself, because his book talks about several heterosexual relationships from his past. But it does seem like Brandon and his new gf are legit and it seems very threatening to Jen. Did you notice how she posted pics of Caleb's graduation and one of them was Brandon's family (because she and Brandon are so chill, guys!) but in the same pic, she cropped out new girlfriend? (Oops- didn't mean to.) Anyway, i feel like Tyler is relatable and honest- kind of like where Jen was when she was writing 7- and I hope he stays that way. I also feel like he's way more guarded (and rightly so) about their relationship. |
Anonymous
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The kids seem to be ranked in the following order:
1- Sydney Beth!!!!! 2- Ben, Jen's true soul mate 3- Caleb- we never talk about his running off the beaten path unless it's funny 4- Gavin who? 5- Remy, who will forever be in counseling from the shaming of Jen's posts. *please note that 1 and 2 are interchangeable, depending on the day. |